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Percy Marmont is a Actor and Director British born on 25 november 1883 at London (United-kingdom)
Percy Marmont (25 November 1883 – 3 March 1977) was an English film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1968. A veteran film actor by 1923, he scored a big hit that year in If Winter Comes, later remade by MGM in 1947 as If Winter Comes. He is best remembered today for playing the title character in Lord Jim (1925) the first film version of Joseph Conrad's novel, and for playing one of Clara Bow's love interests in the Paramount Pictures film Mantrap (1926).
He was born and died in London, England. Marmont had one daughter, Patricia Marmont, born in 1922. Patricia was at one time married to actor Nigel Green.
À la télévision, il apparaît dans quelques séries au cours des années 1950.
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Percy Marmont
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 november 1883 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 3 march 1977 (at 93 years)
Birth 25 november 1883 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 3 march 1977 (at 93 years)
He was born and died in London, England. Marmont had one daughter, Patricia Marmont, born in 1922. Patricia was at one time married to actor Nigel Green.
Biography
Percy Marmont débute au théâtre dans les années 1900, au cinéma en 1916, et participe à plus de quatre-vingts films jusqu'en 1968, partageant sa carrière entre son pays natal et les États-Unis. Notamment, en 1925, il interprète le rôle-titre de Lord Jim (film américain de Victor Fleming), dans la première adaptation cinématographique du roman de Joseph Conrad. Mentionnons également sa collaboration à trois films de la période britannique d'Alfred Hitchcock (dans les années 1930), ainsi qu'à deux films français, en 1937 et 1954 (le second est une coproduction). Enfin, expérience unique, il est le réalisateur (et acteur) d'un moyen métrage en 1955 — voir filmographie ci-dessous —.À la télévision, il apparaît dans quelques séries au cours des années 1950.
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Hostile Witness (1968)
Directed by Ray Milland
Genres Drama
Actors Ray Milland, Sylvia Syms, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley, Percy Marmont, Ewan Roberts
Roles Justice Matthew Gregory
Rating62%
Lisbon (1956)
, 1h30Directed by Ray Milland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Maureen O'Hara, Ray Milland, Claude Rains, Yvonne Furneaux, Francis Lederer, Percy Marmont
Roles Lloyd Merrill
Rating59%
The police inspector Fonseca is interested in two Lisbon men in particular, the wealthy and notorious criminal Mavros and an American suspected smuggler with a fast boat, Captain Evans.
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
, 1h30Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers, Belinda Lee, Ronald Squire, Finlay Currie
Roles Magistrate
Rating69%
After poisoning his wife, the master of the house (Stewart Granger) is blackmailed by his Cockney maid Lily Watkins (Jean Simmons), who demands promotion. As she steadily takes the place of his dead wife, he again attempts murder. While attempting to murder Lily, by following someone who looked like her through the fog, he mistakenly kills Constable Burke's wife and gets chased by an angry mob, which he evades. Lily returns home and Stephen learns of his mistake. Some local bar goers saw him murder Mrs Burke and Stephen is put on trial, but their claims are dismissed after it is revealed they drink a lot and Lily lies to provide an alibi.
Knave of Hearts (1954)
, 1h40Directed by René Clément
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Natasha Parry, Germaine Montero, Joan Greenwood, Margaret Johnston
Roles Catherine's Father
Rating67%
André Ripois, un Français exilé à Londres, est un Don Juan. Sa femme Catherine, lasse de ses infidélités, part pour Édimbourg pour préparer son divorce. Pendant ce temps, André, entre plusieurs liaisons opportunistes, s'éprend de Patricia, une amie de sa femme, et utilise pour la séduire de nombreux stratagèmes.
The Million Pound Note (1954)
, 1h30Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Gregory Peck, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell, Jane Griffiths, Bryan Forbes
Roles Lord Hurlingham
Rating67%
In 1903, American seaman Henry Adams (Gregory Peck) is stranded penniless in England and gets caught up in an unusual wager between two wealthy, eccentric brothers, Oliver (Ronald Squire) and Roderick Montpelier (Wilfrid Hyde-White). They persuade the Bank of England to issue a one million pound banknote, which they present to Adams in an envelope (only telling him that it contains some money). The reason for this is that Oliver believes that the mere existence of the note will enable the possessor to obtain whatever he needs, while Roderick contends that it would actually have to be spent for it to be of any use.
Four Sided Triangle (1953)
, 1h21Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Barbara Payton, Glyn Dearman, James Hayter, John Van Eyssen, Percy Marmont, Seán Barrett
Roles Sir Walter
Rating58%
Dr. Harvey, a rural physician, breaks the fourth wall to relate an unusual occurrence that happened in his village. The bulk of the story is told in flashback.
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
, 1h12Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dane Clark, Kathleen Byron, Naomi Chance, Meredith Edwards, Anthony Forwood, Eric Pohlmann
Roles Lord Willens-Hortland
Rating58%
An American gambler, Forster (Clark), aspires to find acceptance amongst the British nobility after falling in love with the aristocratic Lady Susan Willens (Chance), a prominent blueblood who has actually been pursuing him. To start a relationship with her, he dumps his girlfriend (Byron), a singer in one of his nightclubs who becomes murderously jealous. He must also deal with mobsters who try to take over his nightclubs. Swindled by an upper-class con-man (Ireland) into voluntarily selling out to the mobsters anyway all his valuable assets including the gambling-casino nightclubs, a racehorse and a boxer, in order to invest in a gold-mining scam that is eventually unmasked as a fraud, he finds himself broke and in a gunfight with the mobsters, who have been deceived by a gang member with a grudge against him into thinking that they need to kill him. Non-fatally wounded in the gunfight, he is about to make an escape from his mobster pursuers when his jilted girlfriend the nightclub singer vindictively tries to kill him by hitting him with her car. He is struck a glancing blow that knocks him down, and she flees the scene. At that point, Lady Willens, with Forster's butler, arrive on the scene and come to his aid. Forster, still alive, looks up from the gutter in which he is lying and says, "Susan" with relief and gratitude but then collapses. Susan has told him that he will be alright and tells the butler, "Let's bring him home," leaving the audience to wonder, as they pick him up and carry him to Susan's car, whether he is still alive or whether he will survive his injuries.
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
, 1h42Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers, Danny Green, Charles Goldner, Michael Balfour
Roles John Blandish
Rating60%
Miss Blandish (Linden Travers), a sheltered heiress, is targeted for a simple robbery by a cheap thug who ultimately involves two groups of rival gangsters, their goal being her diamond jewellery worth $100,000. The robbery is botched when Riley (Richard Nielson) kills her bridegroom and the three would-be robbers decide to kidnap Miss Blandish for ransom instead (her father is worth $100 million).
I'll Walk Beside You (1943)
, 1h28Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Richard Bird, Lesley Brook, Percy Marmont, Hugh Miller, Sylvia Marriott, Beatrice Varley
Roles Vicar
Rating53%
Penn of Pennsylvania (1942)
, 1h18Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Clifford Evans, Deborah Kerr, Aubrey Mallalieu, O. B. Clarence, Charles Carson, Henry Oscar
Roles Holme
Rating56%
Those Kids from Town (1942)
, 1h22Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy-drama
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Harry Fowler, George Cole, Percy Marmont, Charles Victor, Olive Sloane, Maire O'Neill
Roles Earl
On the outbreak of the Second World War, a group of six children from the East End of London are evacuated to the village of Payling Green. The boisterous pair Charlie and Ern are lodged with the local vicar and proceed to torment, mock and terrorise his sensitive and delicate son. They then get involved in petty-thieving and vandalism, before being taken under the protective wing of a local female novelist with progressive social views.
Young and Innocent (1937)
, 1h20Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Derrick De Marney, Nova Pilbeam, Percy Marmont, Basil Radford, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare
Roles Col. Burgoyne
Rating67%
Christine Clay (Pamela Carme), a successful actress, argues passionately with her jealous ex-husband Guy (George Curzon), who makes particular reference to Robert Tisdall, a young man staying near her at her retreat on the English coast. Christine slaps him several times across the face, but he hardly reacts, choosing instead to depart without a word.
Action for Slander (1937)
, 1h23Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Clive Brook, Ann Todd, Margaretta Scott, Arthur Margetson, Ronald Squire, Athole Stewart
Roles Sir Bernard Roper (as Frank Celier)
Rating64%
Major George Daviot is left by his wife Ann due to their growing estrangement and her knowledge that he has fallen in love with another woman, Josie Bradford, the wife of one of his fellow officers. Daviot goes off with friends for a weekend party at a country house attended by a number of prominent figures including businessmen and politicians as well as Captain Bradford and his wife. The tension between Bradford and Daviot is obvious during grouse shooting as Bradford is clearly aware of Daviot's affair with his wife.
The Pearls of the Crown (1937)
, 1h58Directed by Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Historical
Actors Sacha Guitry, Enrico Glori, Ermete Zacconi, Renée Saint-Cyr, Arletty, Marcel Dalio
Roles Cardinal Wolsey
Rating68%
L'historien Jean Martin (Sacha Guitry) raconte à sa jeune épouse Françoise (Jacqueline Delubac) l'histoire fabuleuse d'un collier composé de sept perles fines, jadis offert par le pape Clément VII (Ermete Zacconi) à sa nièce Catherine de Médicis (Paulette Elambert), quelques mois avant le mariage de cette dernière avec le futur Henri II... Quatre des perles, remises à Élisabeth I (Yvette Pienne) peu après l'exécution de Marie Stuart (Jacqueline Delubac) ornent désormais les arceaux de la couronne royale britannique, mais les trois dernières ont mystérieusement disparu. Jean Martin décide alors de partir en quête des joyaux manquants, imité en cela par un officier de la Maison royale anglaise (Lyn Harding) et un camérier du pape (Enrico Glori).
Secret Agent (1936)
, 1h26Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Spy, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Lilli Palmer, Percy Marmont
Roles Caypor
Rating63%
British Captain and novelist Edgar Brodie (Gielgud) returns home on leave during the First World War, only to discover his obituary in the newspaper. He is brought to a man identifying himself only as "R", who asks him to undertake a secret mission: to identify and eliminate a German agent on his way to Arabia to stir up trouble in the Middle East. Upon agreeing, Brodie is given a new identity (Richard Ashenden), a fake death, and the assistance of a killer known variously as "the Hairless Mexican" and "the General" (Lorre), though he is neither bald, Mexican or a general.